Comments on: Another Wacky School Board

By: Anti-Evolution Migrates North « An Apostate’s Chapel

Anti-Evolution Migrates North « An Apostate’s Chapel — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:19:41 +0000

[...] I neglected mentioning that Spanish Inquisitor also wrote a post about this situation. Sorry for the oversight, [...]

By: eetkreef

eetkreef — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:40:23 +0000

cretinism apparently is evolving

By: Karl H. Beckers

Karl H. Beckers — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:42:39 +0000

Of course it isn’t proven … why, I can’t even prove I exist.
If creationists could just understand that this is not about proof at all, nor about truth or belief, but about a scientific approach. A scientific theory is good if it explains the world better than other theories do. Creationism doesn’t explain anything. But that they cannot admit because they’re afraid of discourse.

By: A.Ho

A.Ho — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:15:04 +0000

Nutz

By: God

God — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:35:43 +0000

Science has never proven anything – ANYTHING! – to anyone. Evolution is nonsense. You want proof that I created the universe and everything?

There. I just posted a comment on your pitiful blog.

By: sabrina

sabrina — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:22:58 +0000

Every time I hear a school board wasting time and funds discussing evolution, I think to myself “Wow, what a great place that must be to live. Obviously, they don’t have any high school dropouts to worry about, everyone is scoring 1400+ on the SAT’s, all graduating seniors have early acceptance to prestigious universities, teachers are being paid a healthy salary and receiving raises every year, the schools are over funded, computers in every classroom, and they must get new textbooks every year. Plus, their math and science scores must be on par with Japanese children. Yes, how nice it must be to have a school district with no problems, where you have the time and money to debate scientific theories you don’t agree with. Because surely, they wouldn’t be ignoring real problems to focus on personal agendas, would they?”

By: Lifeguard

Lifeguard — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:25:37 +0000

Philly wrote:
I picture a bunch of lab coat superheroes appearing explaining the scientific use of the word “theory” and how creationism isn’t a scientific theory, distinguishing between the fact of evolution and the theories as to its process, and of course pointing out how if creationism can be allowed, then you have to allow theories from Aboriginal myths to FSM “theories”.

You ever notice how scientists are usually the BAD GUYS in cartoons. The world’s always going to be destroyed by some “Evil Scientists”– amoral geeks… nerds who’ve lost their moral compasses. I agree with Philly that we need some cool, scientist superheros.

By: PhillyChief

PhillyChief — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:07:07 +0000

I think there needs to be a Scientific Rapid Response team to battle shit like this the way the FFRF challenges church/state separation or the ACLU challenges civil rights violations. I picture a bunch of lab coat superheroes appearing explaining the scientific use of the word “theory” and how creationism isn’t a scientific theory, distinguishing between the fact of evolution and the theories as to its process, and of course pointing out how if creationism can be allowed, then you have to allow theories from Aboriginal myths to FSM “theories”.

By: the chaplain

the chaplain — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:54:54 +0000

**sigh**

Sometimes it seems like Scopes was only yesterday.

You’ve got to admit, however grudgingly, that the creationists don’t give up easily. Either this thing will end up in court, and the cretins will lose again (at taxpayer expense, of course), or the students of SAD 59 are going to be woefully unprepared for higher education. Some people, or perhaps I should say some sorts of people never learn.

By: Lifeguard

Lifeguard — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:56:02 +0000

If people had a better understanding of what constitutes science– the philosophy of science and why it works as opposed to knowing chemistry or physics– I think they might be more outraged and disturbed at how religious groups with an axe to grind are trying to get evolution removed from science classes.